We have been working with a specialist engineering rubbers manufacturer for some time now to try and put together a user-installable that can be sent out to customers as an everything-you-need-in-a-box repair kit to allow the long awaited ear repairs. The problem that we seem unable to overcome is the adhesion of the ‘ear panels’ to the various silicon based rubbers that the manufacturer has offered us. All self-adhesive solutions that we have tested, despite looking quite promising at times quickly failed in use so were unsuitable for a good long term repair.

We have the ears designed and plasma-cut to size, and hope to offer a mail-in repair service very shortly.

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